The press conference will begin at 10am (KST)

Jan 20, 2017 03:58 GMT  ·  By

As expected, Samsung has confirmed it will announce the findings of the Galaxy Note 7 investigations on Monday, January 23. A press conference has been scheduled to take place in Seoul, South Korea, next week, which is set to begin at 10am (KST) / 20pm (EST) / 1am (GMT).

The entire announcement will be live-streamed globally through Samsung's website and Samsung Newsroom. Those who wish to watch the conference can do it online on Monday starting at the hours mentioned earlier.

Samsung Electronics, as well as independent expert organizations who conducted their own investigations into various aspects of the Galaxy Note7 incidents, will share their findings. In addition, Samsung will discuss the new measures the company has implemented in response to the incidents,” states Samsung in an official press release.

According to the South Korean company, its engineers have been investigating the cause of the Galaxy Note 7 incidents for several months.

Aside from the reason its Galaxy Note 7 exploded last year, Samsung will also unveil its new quality enhancement plan, which is supposed to make sure this doesn't happen again.

Samsung Galaxy Note 7
Samsung Galaxy Note 7

Today's announcement isn't surprising at all since Reuters reported earlier this week that Samsung plans to unveil the cause of the Galaxy Note 7 explosions on January 23.

The same source claims that Samsung will blame the batteries inside the Galaxy Note 7 as the main reason the smartphones exploded.

No faults in the design are quoted, though, so it appears that the manufacturing process that the batteries made by Samsung SDI had to go through made them unsuitable for commercial use.

After two Galaxy Note 7 global recalls, Samsung managed to get about 96% of the units back, though some are still using the phones despite the fact that the South Korean company issued a software update meant to prevent the battery from charging.

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